The M1911 Colt Government pistol (so named because it was the standard sidearm of the US Armed Forces for over seventy years) is a single-action, semi-automatic, recoil-operated firearm designed by John Browning—the magisterial Mormon pioneer of the automatic weapon, whose collaborations with the Winchester, Colt, and Remington companies launched the weapons industry into a world of self-loading physical spectacles every bit as marvelous, and revolutionary, as the steam engine.
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Since its founding in 1855, Colt Manufacturing has helped shape the evolution of modern firearms. Over 150 years later, Colt is still producing quality firearms and there are millions of historic Colt weapons in the hands of collectors.
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